Is AMIE a valid word?

AMIE is a female friend, borrowed from French; its plural is AMIES. The masculine form AMI is valid too, so AMI plus E makes AMIE, a handy back hook. AMIE uses an A, an I and an E with one M, which balances a rack with too many vowels. Remember it as the word a French friend would write on a postcard.

Before any bonus squares: A 1 + M 3 + I 1 + E 1 = 6. On a double-word square that's 12, on a triple-word 18, and every letter bonus under one of these tiles is applied first.

Later in the game, put the M on a 3L square and AMIE is worth 12 before any word bonus.

Place that one tile so it also forms a word in the other direction and both words score.

Swap any one letter of AMIE and these are still words:

No other word in the list uses exactly the letters A, M, I and E.

AMIE is French for a female friend, as in “mon amie”. AMI is the male friend.

• Vowel-heavy words

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